So there is an intersecting circle here because tons of donors
to the Democratic Party care a lot about climate change.
So wealthy folks on the left have begun to realize, damn it.
We're also on this planet, like we have all the money in the world and
sure we still want the tax because don't get me wrong.
But like the planet burning is actually a bigger problem than we had realized.
So don't underestimate how much donor money there is in climate change.
That's why I've always said green new deal actually had
a much better chance than than Medicare for all.
And look at what happened the, you know, the health care provision in the bill
that just passed, that we were just talking about our generally minute, but
the climate change provisions are significant.
And that's the only thing that we're really excited about in the bill.
One of the reasons for
that is not just because they're giant corporate subsidies, but
because there's a lot of Democratic donors that go, yeah, the climate change thing.
Let's let's get on that.
Right?
So that's why Barnes might have that position earnestly and has had it for
a while.
But Clyburn, Clyburn would stress would be that.
Yeah. But Clyburn might be doing that to signal
some of his donors, especially after backing square.
Yeah, maybe.
Maybe I think Barnes will be a reliable vote that won't really rock the boat
in the Democratic Party.
And, you know, that's that's that's that's the reality, right?
And that, that's better than certainly than Ron johnson, right?
And and it might allow the majority to stay in the hands of
democrats in the Senate.
But that's the reality of where, where we're at with bars.
I mean, maybe it'll be better.
I don't know. Yeah, no,
I think what he's going to actually do is a mystery.
I, I don't often say this, I really have no idea.
It could be that over the years, a good progressive has largely, you know,
come to terms with, Hey, the way to exist in politics is to be a so
called moderate, take the corporate money, give them 80% of what they want.
And you're still a good team player and
will vote on most of the things Democrats want.
That could be the case.
Or maybe he's actually secretly on our side and has been the whole time and
he's just playing ball.
But when he, when he comes to the votes and when it comes to actually,
he'll be great in the Senate.
It's possible.
one Moment I remember and I'll be quick is when the whole title 42 thing came up.
You know, Biden's administration tried to end this,
this, this health order at the border to block asylum seekers Barnes
was pretty early in saying that that should be repealed.
That should be overturned.
Nelson was the only candidate in that race who said, this is a ridiculous policy.
And so that shows you a little bit about the instincts,
where Barnes ended up is pretty much where every threatened democrat
across the board from Warnock to masto to Hassan has ended up,
nelson was acting a little more in principle.
So, but how he's going to be is maybe even less
important than how he's going to run, right?
Because if the moderates have neutered him,
which they almost always due to their candidates, then he's more likely to lose.
And that's actually a bigger problem.
Like, so overall, don't get me wrong.
I mean, we've got a guy who's been generally progressive,
he beat a bunch of ares, right?
And that's, that's great.
It's, let's take the win, let's take the win good enough, especially in this day
and age, and backed by all these good progressive groups, etcetera.
The question is,
is he gonna run aggressively if you're us aggressively Ron johnson is a mess.
I mean, he's just a lunatic.
You could, you could knock that guy's jaw off if you're running like Fetterman does,
he's a guy who just like last week said that Social Security and
Medicare should become discretionary programs that have to be funded year after
year after year, the wealth of information.
But you know, there's, there's probably like,
He's probably surrounded by consultants right now or
who are pointing to the very narrow win of Joe Biden in the state in 2020.
The fact that as crazy as Johnson is, he is the incumbent in a midterm election,
where the Democrats are in power.
They've got to be terrified.
Not just about the context of the race, but
the stakes of the race going forward and hopefully, he can you know.
get through a way to get around.
That is kind of the way that 100% guys.
It's it's the jury's in it's absurd to have this conversation anymore.
The only reason we have it is because Democratic consultants,
whether it's through corruption or just lack of I.
Q.
R.
So preposterously wrong and the proof's in the pudding Federman is doing it
right now in an incredibly similar state right there.
Look look at pennsylvania, right, he's doing so well.
He's beating people who don't even live in his state.
Yeah.
Or maybe even their own country.
Why do you think I went to Turkey?
I try to find a dr Oz is real house.
Okay.
His ninth mansion anyways.
So what the two things Fetterman is doing is be super aggressive and
run on economic populism.
Okay, he's obviously correct.
That's why he's crunching dr Oz.
So but everyone is going to tell Mandela Barnes,
it has a Democratic consultant don't do either one of those two things.
So we'll see is Mandela Barnes become soft and moderate,
in which case he'll run a terrible campaign soft campaign and
that monster Ron johnson will win or Mandela bond.
No, still gotta fight in him and actually kind of a progressive and actually
believes in economic populism and then he'll beat Ron johnson will be through.